Palo Alto GHG Accounting Senior Specialist 

United States, California 

100432772

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Your Impact

As a GHG Accounting Specialist, your contributions will be critical in understanding and reporting on Palo Alto Networks environmental impact. Your key areas of impact will include:

• Perform the company's global greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory, including working with internal stakeholders to gather source data, analyze data, and calculate emissions using the GHG Protocol.

• Ensure robust inventory protocols, implement quality assurance and quality control, and perform uncertainty analysis.

• Prepare regional-based GHG inventories or datasets, including for regulatory reports.

• Collaborate with the SOX team to establish and maintain processes and controls that verify the accuracy and completeness of GHG inventories and emissions-related reports.

• Support third-party assurance of GHG data.

• Document GHG inventory management process, including data sources, data collection methods, and stakeholders involved.

• Measure and monitor progress towards science-based targets, net zero goal and other environmental commitments.

• Coordinate technical responses for annual questionnaires, such as CDP, including emissions, energy, and supply chain sections.

• Serve as tool administrator for PANW GHG calculations tool, optimizing for reporting, decision making, and forecasting.

Your Experience

• 3-5+ years of related experience

• Demonstrated experience with climate science, carbon accounting, or a similar environmental field.

• Experience conducting GHG inventories with companies, technology companies (hardware and software) is a plus.

• Experience with third-party reviews of inventories.

• Strong understanding of sustainability principles and GHG accounting standards (e.g. GHG Protocol)

• Strong time management and organizational skills.

• Ability to respond positively to pressure and take a flexible approach to a dynamic, fast-moving and changing work environment.

• Ability to work effectively with internal stakeholders around the world.

• Experience using critical thinking and problem-solving skills to perform work tasks.

• Experience with carbon management enterprise software solutions is a plus.

Compensation Disclosure

The compensation offered for this position will depend on qualifications, experience, and work location. For candidates who receive an offer at the posted level, the starting base salary (for non-sales roles) or base salary + commission target (for sales/commissioned roles) is expected to be between $99000- $159500/YR. The offered compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus. A description of our employee benefits may be found .

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.